The Ruby Drive Cartridge System (RDCS) is designed to enable any 2.5" SATA hard drive to be used like a tape cartridge via the standard 3 1/2" drive bay of any computer. You can swap hard drives in and out of your computer without restarting your system. Instead of a slow tape cartridge, you enjoy the fast performance of the SATA hard drive. With an optional external power adapter, the RDCS can also be installed externally for different types of applications. Once the OS detects the presence of the RDCS enclosure (cartridge), it appears as an additional hard drive to the system. There is no driver to install or special software required to do data backup or restoration. Data is stored uncompressed in its own native file format and can be accessed readily by any application program. For more detail on drive cartridge system, please visit the following tutorial page.

The Ruby cartridge, small enough to fit easily in the palm of your hand, is designed to handle shocks and perform reliably in mobile applications or rough environments with a patented shock proof rugged anodized aluminum housing. The Ruby drive enclosure comes with both an eSATA and SATA connector. The eSATA connector allows the Ruby drive enclosure to be used as an external eSATA hard drive using a standard eSATA cable and an optional power adapter. The SATA connector allows the Ruby drive enclosure to be used as a removable cartridge in the Ruby drive cradle installed inside the 3 1/2" drive bay on any computer. The Ruby drive enclosure can also be attached to the USB port of any computer with an optional USB 3.0 - eSATAp adapter.

Coming with a built in Addonics SATA direct bridge interface, the Ruby drive enclosure allows the SATA hard drive to appear as a direct connection to the host both in eSATA mode or SATA mode while at the same time isolating the SATA hard drive power and data connectors from the wears and tears incurred in some of the removable SATA hard drive system.

The Ruby drive cradle, equipped with both standard 4P and SATA 15 -pin power connectors, has integrated SATA connector for direct connection to the SATA port of any system. By attaching different IO converters, the Ruby drive cradle can also be interfaced to IDE, USB or SCSI port.

Both the new Ruby 6G drive enclosure and 6G drive cradles support full 6G data transfer to ensure maximum and stable connectivity of the lastest 6G SATA III hard drive.

Drive Enclosure features

Stylish and rugged black anodized aluminum

Compact size - fits inside a pocket

Light weight

Shock proof - up to 3 feet damage protection for the hard drive

Compatible with any 2.5" SATA I, II or III hard drive or SSD with height of 9.5 mm or less

Support SATA III, 6Gbps or SATA 3Gbps speed. To connect SATA 6G drive to 6G SATA port, using the 6G Ruby enclosure (RSACSB6G) and 6G Ruby drive cradle (RSABYB6G) may be required on some systems in order to have stable drive connection. The 6G Ruby enclosure also ensures maximum data transfer rate

Choice of drive cradle to support SATA 6Gbps or SATA 3Gbps speed. To connect SATA 6G drive to 6G SATA port, using the 6G Ruby drive cradle (RSABYB6G) and 6G Ruby enclosure (RSACSB6G) may be required on some systems in order to have stable drive connection. The 6G Ruby drive cradle also ensures maximum data transfer rate

*Note: The Ruby Drive Cartridge System with the SATA interface must be connected to a SATA controller with hot swap capability in order to add and remove drive cartridge without rebooting. Please consult your motherboard or the add-in card manufacturer to determine hot swap support on your SATA controller. All of the Addonics SATA Host Controllers are hot swap capable.

External application: USB port* or 110/220 AC/DC 5V power adapter Internal application: 15-pin SATA or 4-pin Molex power from PC power supply* power from USB port varies from among different computers and hardware configuration. Large capacity hard drive may also require more power. As a result, USB power on certain system may not be adequate to power the hard drive. In such cas, an external power adapter will be the only option